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Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05
CHEEKY CANUCKS.

They Follow the Fishes Into sAmerican
Waters, and Scoop Them In Under the
Noses of the Irate Yankees and the Lat
ter Have to Swallow Their Wrath-A
Canadian Shippers View.
EAsTPoRT, Me-, Jan. 31.-When the sun
was rising Saturday morning, a large feet
of Canadian vessels were taking herring
in the waters Of Passamaquoddy bay.
The news of the new arrivals soon spread
from house to house, and when the sun
was an hour high the wharves were
crowded with an excited gang of Maine
fishermen and their wives and children.
AS this is the time of year when immense
schools of herrings run in, the citizens saw
at once what their Canadian brothers
were after. One Of the boats was hailed
from the shore by one of the angry citi-
zens, and N reply to his guestksn as tG
what they were dong, one of the Cana
dams answered:
''We are taking Yankee herring. That's
what we are doing"
When this information was made known
to the citizens their indignation knew nc
bounds. Threats of retaliation were rife,
and it is believed that had there been any
available ordnance in town the angry fish
ermen would have opened fire on the inso
lent Canadians.
AS the day advanced news was received
from st. Andrews that the Canadian
cruiser Middleton had touched at thatport
during the forenoon. Later IN the day she
was seen cruising off Eastport, and there
the news spread that the Middleton was
there to prevent any American fishermen
entering Canadian waters to fish. The
indignant citizens were told by the Cana
dian fishermen, who were within a stones
throw of the shore, that the Middleton
was there to protect them against the
Yankees One of the captains of the Cana
dian vessels laughed insolently at the
hopeless condition of the Eastport fisher
men. He said the Yankees could not mo-
lest him, and he proposed to fish just
wherever it suited his fancy.
When asked if he did not know he was
within the line, he said:
'Of course, am aware of it. When a
man can almost step from his vessel to
the shore he is pretty sure he is inside the
line. The herring just now happen to be
on this side of old Passamaquoddy, and
have been for several days. Why should
not we come here and take them. You
Y ankees follow the fish into our waters,
and when the cruisers are not around
they dodge insidc the dead line and take
all the fish they can get. Why shouldn't
we do the same, especially when there
are no cruisers about to seize our craft.
We would be more wary about entering
your waters if your coast was guarded.
AS it is. we would be considered fools tc
tie our vessels up to lie wharves simply
because the fish happen to be on the Amer
lean side of the bay''
When asked his opinion Of the Senator
Edmunds bill, he said:
off its provisions were enforced, the
Canadian Government would have to right
about face and adopt different policy, or
something would drop hard in the mari
time provinces"
Should the Government continue its
present policy, collision the coming sea-
son can hardly be avoided, and after that
no one can tell what the end will be. The
ind gnant townspeople forwarded a dis
patch, stating their grievances to Senator
Frye at Washn gton.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05
A Bitter Fight Inaugurated.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. What prom
ises to be bitter fight commenced this
morning in the prelude to the strike Of
the seven thousand coal miners along the
Monongahela river. A majority of the
mines are already idle and to-day it is
expected that all will be closed and busi.
ness suspended indefinitely Prominen'
coal operators claim that they have mo-
vet been officially notified of the demand
for the three cent rate, and. that in any
event the condition of the market will by
no means 6fy the granting Of the de-
n1and.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

FULLY 1850 persons attended the serv-
YES commemorative of General John A.
logan !. at Grand Army Hall, Williams burg,
- =; T., on the evening of the 30th. The serv-
3s ICES were held under the auspices of
mansfield Post, No. 35, G.. A. r. The hall
was appropriately decorated and the serv-
ices were impressive.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

CONCERNING the health of Congressman
Cox, OF New York, Mrs. Cox, in note,
says; $50 many friends write that they
are watching the papers for further news
as to his illness, wall you please say that
ne continues to improve, though very
slowly. He is quite weak and neither sees
nor hears his mail.n
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

IHE President received the Interstate
commerce bill on the Goth, and has re-
erred it to the Attorney General for ex-
animation. 1t is not likely that the Presi-
gent will act upon the bill much before
.Ae expiration OF the ten days period. A
uQhoer Of applications have already been
aecelved for appointment on the commits
son provided for in the bill
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

TIE nomination of James c. Mathews, Of
albany. Y. Y, to be Recorder of Deeds for
tbe District of Columbia, was again re-
;ec.ed bv the Senate on the 26th
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

Hon GEORGE Ell. PENDLEToN, United
States Minister to Germany, was among
the passengers on the steamer Saale from
Bremen. which arrived at New York on
the Goth.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

oas fhE Commissioner of the General Land
ora6o ia H"S oeclded that the State of Col
in eoaa Hot entitled to sections 16 and SO
resar,e township in the Ute Indian
act Of Mon Mon, 1or school purposes under the
sectiona -udfch ., 1873 1t is held that these
ooveras az a. the date of the grant were
pass r,'tS ~ the Indian title, and could not
reser~atih I'm me grant, and the lands of the
treat, a.ion an having been disposed of by
dernryit,,a. anu not by act Of Congress. no in
a0NQlss go. .au ne selected therefor. About
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

THE Mexican gunboat Democrat arrived
at Guaymas on the 9th with Caieme, the
Yaqui chief, a prisoner This ends the
war between the Yaquis and the Mexi-
cans, which lasted two years. 1t is be-
lieved that Cajeme named his own terms.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

THE joint resolution submitting pro-.
hibitory amendment to the Constitution
was passed in the Michigan Senate on the
9th. The question will be submitted at
the State election next April
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

Hon. SAMUEL SHELLABARGER, in behalf
OF the Cattle-Growers' Association, ap-
peared before the Senate committee on
agriculture, at Washington, on the Goth,
and submitted constitutional argument
IN support Of the Miller bill to extirpate
pleuropneumonia
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

NOTARY GANDAR, of Metz, Germany, has
failed for 100000 marks, and the district
js so excited that Gandar, fearing vio-
lence applied for police protection.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

The will Of the late Bishop Horatio Pot
ter, bearing date April 26, 1S75 was filed
in the Surrogate's Office in New York on
the 27th. No charitable bequests are
mentioned in the paper, and the estate is
bequeathed to the children of the testa-
tor
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

THE Chinese Minister at Washington
celebrated his birthday on the night of the
2Sth by a pleasant party of one hundred
and fifty guests at the legation residence.
The invitations were verbal.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

Roth houses of the Wisconsin Legisl a.
+nre met in Joint session, on the Goth, and
philetus Sawyer was officially declared
elocted United States Senator.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

THE Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily Ne1rs says he hears that the whole
German army is to be called out in sec
tons Of Y, 900 men to be drilled in the use
Of the repeating rifle.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

The jury in the case of the wife of Prof.
Emmons, on trial in Washington as to her
sanity, decided on the 18th that the lady is
sane enough to take care of herself, and
that the professor can not have her con-
fined in an asylum.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

DAKOTA and Montana were visited on
The 29th by the worst blizzard known for
Years Trains in every direction were
either abandoned or were stuck fast in
the snow.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

a Inc Secretary OF the Navy sent to the
nouse committee on naval affairs large
4]oo 44D1el OF gunboat No. 1, which is to be of
s'VV tons burden, with six six-inch rifles,
,o hotchkiss cannon and one gatling
~ oSu' The model is attracting good deal
altentlon, and is arousing some enthu-
''''Hi on the subject of new navy.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

~ preconcerted arrangement, notice
"dS posted on the 27th in most of the
~ vyoV and shoe factories at Worcester,
sr lassr and in Spencer, that those factories
VIII VIII De open only to such operati as
SIu agree to deal individually with the
n.m a employing them. This movement
rlectS large number of operatives
throughout Worcester County.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

IT is announced at Ottawa, Ont, that
British war ships are to be sent to Cana
dian waters in the spring to aid the
Canadian authorities in enforcing the
fisheries regulations.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

1;~ehty thousand men are now on --le
sSnH'e among the coal shovelers, long
rroUnellien, freight handlers and men en-
cay raSyeo on the river front in almost every
anpry appolVy IN New York, and the number is
ers omented to close on 10000 by the strllz-
n con VI Ohe Brooklyn and Jersey shores.
anv nvVtisequence - t3 it is almost impossible for
wise ~ tne steamers for Europe or coast
wise to leave port
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05
Compiled from Various Sources.

TIE sanitary condition Of Buenos Ayres
Is now reported good, cholera having dis
onneared from COrdova.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-05

John D. HERMAN, a son Of ex-senator
Kernan. of New York, is talked of for a
Mace on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
Disappointed Nimro,I..

Some days ago number Of sportsmen
went across the lake on hunting and
fishing excursion. The party was COM
posed Of well known engraver, one Of
the artists employed on a popular maga-
zine, printer, young literary man,
and others Of lesser note. The pro-
gramme. as laid down on the start, was,
that deer, bear, elk and other game
should be- shot by the hunters, sketched
and engraved by the artist and cngraver,
and that full account Of the trip should
be written by the literary man, sci up by
the printer, published after the party
came back. and sold in monthly num-
bers, furty-eight in set, at twenty i've
cents each. The nimrods took ammuni-
ton enough with them 10 kill all the
game from New Brunswick to Manitoba.
After week Of tramping they succeeded
in bagging a hedgehog and a crow, and
in capturing two bass, "a great many Of
which would weigh a pound. 1t is un.
necessary 10 add that the apparatus for
sketching. engraving and type setting,
which formed no inconsiderable portion
of the baggage, was not unpacked.
Rochester Post Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
New Anchor for Steamers.

Experiments have been made during
the week in the harbor Of Havre and on
the Seine with new cable anchor. which
will bring to standstill the largest
steamer going at the greatest speed
within a space Of ten feet. Large steamers
were subjected to the experiment, which
in all cases proved successful, and the
government commission present recon-
mended the new anchor for use on
government ships. This new anchor is
described as huge cloth parachute,
anchor shaped, attached TO the ship by
cables, with huge iron weight in the
middle. This balloon shaped anchor re-
sists the onward movement Of ships with
tremendous power, assuming very much
the singular balloon or bucket shape Of
"old maid" founders on the New Eng
land coast, which, by 50 doing when
hooked generally succeed in breaking
the ine.-Cbicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
Poisoned Arrows.

The Nomecults were the only tribe in
the vicinity of Round valley who used
poisoned arrows. The largest rattlesnakes
obtainable, and consequently the most
venomous. were caught and killed, the
poison glands carefully extracted and
placed in the gall bladders Of animals
until the whole became thoroughly mixed
and decompoS d. The arrow heads were
then anointed with some sticky substance,
usually the pitch or sap Of the pine, and
then dipped into the composition and left
for fixed time. These arrows were
always sed in warfare. and also when
the deer and other game were wanted for
the skins only. The animal, even if only
slightly wounded. would soon swell up
and die, and not being able TO run very
far, would soon be come up with.-over-
land Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
AN ACTORS LOVE LETTERS.
And Other Matters for the Hopper Of the
Secondhand Paper stock Dealer.

And Other Matters for the Hopper Of the
Secondhand Paper Stock Dealer.
"Love letters? oh, yes, we come across
them quite often in our stock; but We
have no time to read 'em. You see
business, not sentiment, is my MOTTO"
said down town dealer in paper stock.
when people are leaving house they
have lived in a good many years they
don't care to be bothered with old papers,
and they just sell them to us at 50 much
a pound, whether IL is love letters, or
magazines, or whatever il may be.
IL did have rather notable experience
with love letter once, though. ! was
sorting over bundle which had just ar
rived from a house mp town-for We
always sort over in case there should
happen TO he anything valuable-when
monogram on letter met my eye. /
knew that monogram. and thought
that perhaps il Nigh. be something that
ought TO be sent back. glanced at the
letter, and then saw what it was. 1t
was from lady belonging TO one Of our
first families, SO called, 10 well known
actor, who made furor in New York
quite number a. years ago. The actor
had stopped in that house awhile, and
didn't seem TO have thought the letters
worth taking with him, or perhaps he
forgot them. At any rate they came
down here in that bundle. an ocean Of
them, and some Of them had not even
been opened, which shows how little
actors think Of that kind of correspond
ence. The whole lot went for paper
stock. No, didn't keep one. 1t would
not have been business like.
"And we have old checks and old tele-
grams by the ton. All business houses
get rid Of them as old paper after keep
ing them for a certain length Of time,
and sometimes the price Of the waste pa
per is all they get out of good many OF
the checks. 1t all comes into the hopper
at from cent TO cent and quarter a
pound, for paper stock just now is very
low; it has never been lower.
"Those album covers? They come TO us
at a price little above waste paper, and
sometimes we get quite good figure for
them. You see. the wholesale houses that
deal in albums send out only the covers
rs specimens, and when a cover is out Of
date il comes into the second hand deal
er's hopper.
"At the new directory season we reap
quite crop Of the last years directories,
all as waste paper, and sell them for 81
apiece. A good many would just as soon
have them as the new ones.
'But aldermen and other politicians
are among our best customers in old. or
rather second hand books. May seem
queer, but it's fact. They get heaps Of
books from Washington, besides state
and city documents. and they just put
them to one side until the heap gets in
convenient, and then they pack them off
10 the paper stock dealer. In many in
stances such books have not been even
taken out Of the packages. But it's all
the same 10 US. We pay cent and a
quarter for them. New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
wretched and Miserable Homes.

1t is constant subject Of inquiry why
there are SO many deserted wives in our
city; why so many men, when trouble
overtakes them, run away from their
homes, leaving the burden Of toll and
sorrow TO fall upon the wife and mother;
why It is that so many men get drunk,
neglect their wives. neglect their children,
making their homes wretched and miser-
able when those homes should be as they
are intended to be, spots Of earthly para
diseI The answer will be found in the
disposition to separate families, young
children being sent to the west, a sick
child or a sick father to the hospital, all
resulting from the overcrowdcd dwell
ings Of the masses and in the street influ-
ences so destructive 10 the tender associa-
tons Of the home. Persons 80 reared are
i'll fitted to assume the responsibilities of
married life, and when such duties come
10 them know little Of what is required
of them. A poor home is better than no
home, and poor nursing at home Is more
10 he desired for the individual and the
community than the most skillful nursing
in the hospital.-Physician in New York
Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25

Bavaria has succeeded in doing what
no other country has yet been able to ac-
compllsh; she has practically stamped
ont hydrophobia. During the last seven
years there have been only three deaths
of human beings from hydrophobia in
population numbering close upon 6,000,.
900; and since 1876, when the present
severe dog laws came into operation,
there has never been more than one death
in year. Previously to that time deaths
were very frequent. Between 1868 and
1876 the death rate from hydrophobia in
Bavaria was never less than fourteen in
year, and once it reached the high per-
centage Of thirty-one. The regulations
which have banished this terrible malady
from whole kingdom are very minute,
and perhaps some little vexatious; but it
is assuredly worth while to take little
trouble for SO desirable an end.
Every dog in the country is bound,
upon pain Of instant death, TO bear upon
his collar metal tally, upon which is in
scribed his number upon the register Of
his district. The color and shape of this
tally, which is really the dogs passport,
are changed every year, and the police
are thus able to see at glance if a dog is
''in order" Once month all dogs have
to be examined by a veterinary surgeon,
and if they are not IN good health they
are detained in kind of dogs hospital
until they recover. II an animal changes
hands, the transfer must be at once noti-
fled to the police, and any breach of the
regulations delay Of few days
in the payment of the tax-is visited by
heavy fine. The tax varies from three
shillings year in the country districts to
fifteen shillings in the large towns.-St.
James Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25

Garlic has been administered In hydro,
phobia with good resulta
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25

A berth for emigrant vessels, which IL
constructed Of iron, and is capable Of
being taken TO pieces and folded up, has
recently been brought out II is put
together in few minutes, like an iron
bedstead. and, wnen taken down, can be
slowed away in the compass Of few
rods Of iron.-Cassel's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
Height Of the Eskimos.

Mr.. w. A. Ashe, Of Quebec, reports
that the Eskimos living near Hudson
Straight have a mean height for the men
of 8 feet 80 inches, and for the women,
about o. feet Their body temperature
averaged 1902 degs. for winter and 0s.4
degs. for summer, that Of the observing
party being 0s,1 degs. and Oh7 degs re.
Bpectiyely. y.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
Converted from HeaihenIsm-

At this time $4,000 adult converts
from the heather world are in full COM
munion with the Church OF Christ These,
with their families and dependents from
Christian communities, scattered over
nearly every portion Of the habitable
globe, number in the aggregate at least
$500, 900 souls.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25
Cburchiess London People.

London has a great problem. IL mas
100000 people unable to get into q
place Of worship. In central London,
with 1000, 900, there is only accommoda-
ton for e00,000.-Comnericial Advas
tser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25

The actual cost Of the Imperieuse, one
of the latest built British ironclads, was
t2,sOi, ,G25, exclusive Of the cost Of arm
ament.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-25

The average American is Gs 1-10 inches
tall and weighs i50 pounds; the average
Englisliman is Gs inches tall and weighs
156 pounds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-02

N--.xs.. a~ayers Learning that They
nause Observe limits - Well - YANKEES
Ytshersnen The Dolefull Tails % the
Captured schosner ssyward-A h'rosess
Promised.
DrrRorr, Mich. Aug. 2A-A Nesrs spe
eial from Ottawa. Ont, says; Private
DISPATCHES have been received by the gov
eminent giving accounts OF what the
Fisheries and Marine Department con-
siders gross outrages by the United States
In Behsing sea. Deputy Minister Tllton
said 20 the Nesrs correspondent yesterday;
III this outrage had been committed by
Canada against the United States Presi-
dent Cleveland would issue proclamation
OF retaliation within forty-eight hours, o.
else the people would rise In their might
and demand such action"
The dispatches are still held private. but
your correspondent has secured positive
and authentic know ledge Of their contents.
Their substance il stated by an affidavit
forwarded by Andrew Lang, first officer q
the British sealing schooner Sayward.
He testified under oath that the Sayward
left Victoria on May ~, bound ON seal
ing voyage with seven men and
sixteen Indian hunters. He says;
1--WE commenced sealing on Cape
Scott, on the north Of Vancouver
Island, and killed 42e fur seals in the Pa
cifc ocean. Our vessel then entered
Behring sea. July 7, the weather being
thick and foggy. On July we were
captured BY the United States steamer
Richard Rush. being then thirty or
forty miles on the nearest land. We were
taken in tow to Ounalaska and laid along
side the steamer st. Paul, OF the CONNER
cial Company. They removed the
sealskins, taking them ashore and
placing them in the company.s
warehouse resulting the skins with SAT-
taken from our vessels. They put an ON
Ger OF the Rush on board the Sayward'
towed US out 10 sea and sent us 70 Sitka,
The vessel was left in charge Of an United
states officer and we were only allowed q
remove our clothing. The Indians were
left 70 find their homes as hest they could
They were about seven hundred miles
from their village when we were taken.
spoke 70 the captain OF the Rush and told
him We had not captured seal in Behrinl
sea. and he replied: II am sorry for you
! I have TO obey orders and take every
thing come across In Behring sea-"
/ Lang's affidavit Is sworn 20 before NJ
| W. Tierrett Drake. notary public. Tn
authorities here regard this not only as q
! gross breach Of international law in seiz
4 ing British ship on the high seas, but
gross inhumanity to the crew. They 81,
that the Captain Of the Rush stating tina
he would seize everything shows the cours
Secretary Bayard has determined on. VI
10 the present time there has been mucl
diplomacy, but Bayard has avoided
final decision. The information has bee
forwarded 70 the British Government, an
Il is expected that vigorous and perhap
warlike protest will at once be made.